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George Duke

1946 - 2013

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George Martin Duke (January 12, 1946 – August 5, 2013) was an American keyboardist, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer. He worked with numerous artists as arranger, music director, writer and co-writer, record producer and as a professor of music. He first made a name for himself with the album The Jean-Luc Ponty Experience with the George Duke Trio. He was known primarily for 32 solo albums, as well as for his collaborations with other musicians, particularly Frank Zappa. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Duke is the 1,051st most popular musician (down from 920th in 2019), the 5,498th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,503rd in 2019) and the 357th most popular American Musician.

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Among musicians, George Duke ranks 1,051 out of 3,175. Before him are Jack DeJohnette, Magne Furuholmen, John Lurie, Pino Donaggio, Rick James, and Manny Charlton. After him are Buddy Bolden, Doug Clifford, Tony Thompson, Tommy Dorsey, Sabicas, and Roy Buchanan.

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Among people born in 1946, George Duke ranks 397. Before him are Colin Burgess, Gitte Hænning, Rabah Saâdane, Ado, Ricky Bruch, and Hiroshi Ochiai. After him are Michel Delpech, Józef Oleksy, Nicola Piovani, Michèle Alliot-Marie, Valentina Tolkunova, and Hayley Mills. Among people deceased in 2013, George Duke ranks 238. Before him are Aleksei Yuryevich German, Domenico Bartolucci, Rentarō Mikuni, Torbjørn Falkanger, Eileen Brennan, and Hennadiy Udovenko. After him are Martin Koeman, Otto Muehl, Natalya Gorbanevskaya, Peter Banks, Henning Larsen, and Ignacio Eizaguirre.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Duke ranks 5,498 out of 20,380. Before him are Noah Beery Jr. (1913), Jorja Fox (1968), Hal Moore (1922), Marianne Moore (1887), Johnny Hayes (1886), and Robert Cummings (1910). After him are Christopher Atkins (1961), Jerry Hall (1956), John Trumbull (1756), Jack Sharkey (1902), Buddy Bolden (1877), and William Hickey (1927).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, George Duke ranks 357. Before him are Ray Brown (1926), Linda Perry (1965), Cecil Taylor (1929), Jack DeJohnette (1942), John Lurie (1952), and Rick James (1948). After him are Buddy Bolden (1877), Doug Clifford (1945), Tony Thompson (1954), Tommy Dorsey (1905), Roy Buchanan (1939), and David Sanborn (1945).

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